原文Classical Source
钩吾之山，有兽焉，其状如羊身人面，其目在腋下，虎齿人爪，其音如婴儿，名曰狍鸮，是食人。
— 《北山经》
饕白话释义Vernacular
钩吾山的狍鸮，羊身人面、目在腋下、虎齿人爪，叫声似婴啼而食人——即青铜器上贪食无厌的'饕餮'。
A sheep-bodied man-faced beast with eyes under its arms, tiger fangs and human claws, crying like an infant as it devours men — the gluttonous Taotie of bronze ritual vessels.